[nabs-l] Tips for DSS offices

[T. Joseph Carter]

Sarah,

Agreed about the ability to refuse an accommodation.  I can see the 
requirement that you register, since you verify your disability by doing 
so--but you should be allowed to simply get yourself on the list and be 
allowed to negotiate what you need with your professors.

A DSO that won't do that is, in my opinion, not acting in the best 
interests of its students.

Joseph

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 05:02:42PM -0400, Sarah J. Blake wrote:
> Students should have the option to use or not use services. My greatest  
> complaint about many DSS offices is that they strip power from able 
> students by requiring them to use official reader lists and other 
> accommodations. Professors are allowed to refuse to accommodate students 
> with obvious disabilities who have not registered with the DSS office.
>
> I understand that all students do not have the same degree of 
> self-advocacy ability and in fact that some students come to college with 
> multiple disabilities that can make their needs very challenging. 
> However, the DSS offices need to make it possible for these students to 
> obtain the assistance they need without forcing the assistance on people 
> who prefer to do things in other ways.
>
> Sarah J. Blake
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